I use my daughter's body to cut down the rivers and lakes

Chapter 369 Doubt

Although Cao Cheng felt that Liu Qi's way of handling the matter was a bit too hasty, he looked at Bai Langhuan's body and pondered for a moment, and finally listened to Liu Qi's words and sent someone to find a ready-made coffin to bury Bai Langhuan's body.

The devastated reception hall naturally could no longer be used to entertain Liu Qi. After Bai Langhuan's body was buried, Cao Cheng, who had already treated his own injuries, invited Liu Qi to his study.

Although the study is not as spacious as the lobby, Liu Qi doesn't mind. She completely ignores the presence of Cao Cheng, the owner, and sits on the armchair behind the desk. She leans back comfortably, then raises her eyes slightly and looks at Cao Cheng, who is standing hunched in front of the table.

"President Cao, did you hear Bai Langhuan's last words just now?"

Cao Cheng looked up in bewilderment. He looked directly into Liu Qi's eyes without avoiding them, shook his head, and replied with a wry smile, "Miss Liu, you think too highly of me, Old Cao. If it weren't for you two...Miss Liu, you showed mercy, I'm afraid Old Cao would have reported to the King of Hell by now."

Liu Qi heard Cao Cheng's complaint, and then pursed his lips and said softly: "I'm sorry for destroying Chairman Cao's reception hall. Chairman Cao, please tell me how much it is, and I'll send someone to deliver it to you when I get back."

"No! No! No!" Cao Cheng panicked when he heard Liu Qi wanted to take the initiative to compensate.

I'm going to ask you, Liu Ba Wang, for compensation. How many heads do I, Cao Cheng, have to chop off?

Cao Cheng is now wealthy and powerful. Although that hall cost a lot of money, in Cao Cheng's eyes it is just a drop in the bucket. What's more, compared with Liu Qi, the top master, it is even more insignificant.

Cao Cheng thought of Bai Langhuan who had just died under Liu Qi's sword. He couldn't help but secretly glanced at Liu Qi, thinking that this woman's cultivation might be above the Seven Stars and Five Righteousnesses. The only one who could contend with the dagger in her hand might be a double master!

Thinking of this, the last bit of pain in Cao Cheng's heart disappeared in an instant.

This person is conservatively one of the top three big men in the world. If he can manage his relationship with him, maybe the Cao Gang can reach a higher level!

"Chief, there are people from the Six Gates outside asking to see you. They say they want to know what just happened?" Just as Cao Cheng began to daydream in his mind, the voices of his men were heard outside.

After hearing this, Cao Cheng immediately collected his thoughts, then frowned and replied impatiently through the study door: "Who is the captain who came? Tell him that he was just a gang member practicing martial arts and made a little noise. It's nothing serious. Send him away quickly."

"But..." the person outside the door hesitated, "The person who came is Chief Constable Lin!"

Lin Shengchuan, the chief constable of the Six Gates!

Cao Cheng's face darkened. This was not going to be so easy to deal with.

He suddenly remembered that there was Liu Qi in the study, so he turned his head to look at Liu Qi, only to see that Liu Qi was also looking at him quietly.

Seeing Cao Cheng looking towards him, Liu Qi waved at him casually: "President Cao, you should go and deal with these troublesome matters first."

Cao Cheng felt relieved when he heard this, and then he bowed to Liu Qi and said respectfully: "Miss Liu, please rest here for a while. Cao Cheng will send that Lin away and come back soon!"

After greeting Liu Qi, Cao Cheng instructed his men to bring various fruits and snacks to the study for Liu Qi to enjoy, and then went straight to the front yard.

Just as Cao Cheng left the study, Liu Qi's indifferent eyes suddenly froze, and she recalled Bai Langhuan's last words before he died.

"Don't..."

Bai Langhuan did not fail to finish his last words, but he spoke the last name to Liu Qi through lip language. After Bai Langhuan finished speaking the name through lip language, an extremely mysterious aura seemed to suddenly burst out from his body, thus cutting off Bai Langhuan's last bit of life.

The reason why the word "mysterious" was used to describe this aura was purely because before it erupted, even Liu Qi did not realize that someone had tampered with Bai Langhuan's body. And when it erupted, it was almost an instant, and this aura merged into the surrounding heaven and earth Yuan Qi without any hindrance, as if nothing had happened.

If the person standing in front of Bai Langhuan just now was Liu Qi who had not yet entered Zhiwei, she would probably not be able to detect the existence of this aura.

Liu Qi opened and closed his lips slightly, imitating Bai Langhuan's lip shape when he was dying.

"Don't... trust... Liu Er."

Liu Qi said this softly, but her eyes became more solemn.

"Don't... trust... Liu Er."

Liu Qi repeated it again, and this time she was sure that this was what Bai Langhuan wanted to say before he died.

Liu Er, when did Bai Langhuan meet Liu Er?

Liu Qi recalled the last time she met Liu Er. It was when she came back from overseas and ran into Liu Er who was waiting for her in Yujia Town. At that time, Bai Langhuan was on the Kongsang Fairy Boat and did not get off.

Liu Qi knew that the reason why Bai Langhuan went to Kongsang Shenzhou was because he already knew that his time was up. If he could not find a way to prolong his life, he might become the only top master in the world to die of natural causes.

After pushing your own true Qi to the utmost purity and reaching the pinnacle, it is actually not that difficult to know your lifespan.

Because after reaching the pinnacle, one's own functions will not experience abnormal fluctuations like ordinary people due to aging or illness. It is like a constant candle flame, which will stop abruptly until the moment it goes out.

However, Liu Qi did not choose to calculate her own lifespan. She believed that most of the top masters would not do such a thing. Only a few people would actively calculate their lifespan after reaching the top.

If a person spends his whole life counting time, he probably does not have the mentality to achieve the highest level of advancement.

It's not fear, it's disdain.

At least that's what Liu Qi saw.

Bringing my thoughts back to Bai Langhuan’s last words.

First of all, the words left by Bai Langhuan at the last moment of his life at least show that he knew Liu Er and knew the relationship between Liu Er and Liu Qi.

Secondly, like Liu Qi, Liu Er was once trained in Xiliu Villa, which is affiliated to "Futian".

After Liu Qi left the capital, he had already left Futian, but Liu Er still worked in the organization until he was forced by the King of Black Prison to get involved in the incident in Jiangnan, and was finally rescued by Liu Qi from the old man sharpening the knife.

Judging from the show of Liu Er in Yujia Town, without the oppression of the Black Prison King and the old man sharpening the knife, he seems to have firmly controlled the Jinma Chamber of Commerce in his hands.

Why?
The Jinma Chamber of Commerce is a giant that spans several provinces. With Liu Er's martial arts skills at best being mid-level, can he swallow this big piece of fat meat?
After such a careful review, the conclusion does not seem surprising.

Liu Er is still working under Futian. The incident in Jiangnan can only mean that the Black Prison Gate betrayed Futian, or that Futian took the initiative to separate from the Black Prison Gate, but it does not mean that Futian has given up on Liu Er.

For some reason, Liu Qi recalled what Liu Er had said to him with great confidence the night before they parted at Xiliu Villa.

"I'm just worried that Your Excellency's mission is not great enough and that He can't give me everything I want."

Huh—Liu Qi let out a light breath.

It seems that the chips that Your Majesty gave to Liu Er should be quite large, enough to fill the heart of a person with a deep pit.

……

In less than a quarter of an hour, Cao Cheng hurried back.

When he pushed open the door of the study, he saw Liu Qi standing in front of the bookcase with a book in his hand. Cao Cheng glanced at the contents on the pages and a strange light flashed in his eyes.

Liu Qi looked at the atlas in his hand and said without raising his head, "It can be seen that President Cao still remembers the adventure of that year. He has gone to great lengths to find the rare and precious elixir that has almost become extinct."

Having said that, Liu Qi closed the thick book in his hand, then turned around and looked at Cao Cheng who was standing at the door.

Cao Cheng bowed to Liu Qi and replied with a smile: "Old Cao, I am not as talented as Miss Liu. If I want to make further progress in martial arts, I can only rely on these external things."

The thick book in Liu Qi's hand was filled with treasure maps that Cao Cheng had collected from various places. Some of them were obviously old, while others were obviously recently drawn. As for the locations on the maps, they covered almost every province of Da Qi.

Liu Qi put the book in his hand back to its original place: "President Cao is very wealthy, and countless people in the world are envious of him. The martial arts is an illusory path."

Liu Qi paused, then continued: "You have also seen what happened to Bai Langhuan. Even a top master cannot help himself."

Cao Cheng's eyes flickered when he heard this, but he quickly lowered his head to cover it up.

Naturally, he witnessed Bai Langhuan's fate with his own eyes.

However, he had also witnessed Liu Qi's rise with his own eyes, from the aloof female swordsman when they first worked together to the now-famous Overlord Liu Qi who was known to everyone in the world...

The hands hidden in the sleeves clenched into fists in an instant.

Being able to manage the mixed Cao Gang in such an orderly manner, Cao Cheng was not only a very capable man, but also a very proud one.

But he also understood that his arrogance was nothing but a joke in front of a truly strong person.

Including his Cao Gang, a behemoth with hundreds of thousands of gang members and countless ships of all sizes, which firmly controlled the criss-crossing waterways across the country.

In the eyes of some people, it is not even as good as a speck of dust.

This feeling became even stronger after he watched Liu Qi rise in the martial arts world.

Back then, he could sit in the main seat in front of Liu Qi and chat and laugh cheerfully.

just now……

Cao Cheng raised his head and glanced at Liu Qi who was already sitting behind the desk, then quickly lowered his head and couldn't help but smile at himself.

Even in my own study, I can only stand!
Liu Qi didn't expect that Cao Cheng would have such complicated thoughts in his mind. She sat on the armchair bored, looking around the study room with some confusion, and finally her eyes fell on Cao Cheng, who was standing with his head bowed.

I thought that the president of the Canal Merchants Association was too stingy. There was only one chair in such a big study!
Liu Qi also knew that Cao Chengcai was the owner of this study, but... she couldn't just let her stand.

Even if it was Xiao Qifeng's Golden Palace, if there was only one dragon throne left, she would have to sit on it!

Otherwise, her nickname of “Bawang” would be in vain!

……

Cao Cheng quickly arranged another banquet.

Fortunately, this time the banquet was not held in the study, but in a room in the backyard. There were naturally plenty of chairs in the room, so President Cao didn't have to stand anymore.

After three rounds of drinks, Cao Cheng, who had already sent everyone else away, finally explained the purpose of his invitation to Liu Qi.

The Canal Merchants Association encountered a major crisis.

The person who caused this crisis was none other than Liu Er, the president of the Jinma Chamber of Commerce!

Liu Qi was tasting the wine in the glass. When he heard Cao Cheng mention Liu Er, his eyes narrowed slightly, but he didn't say anything. He continued to taste the wine at his mouth.

Cao Cheng did not notice the change in Liu Qi's eyes, but said indignantly: "Before, the Yan family wanted to extend their hands to the capital, but unfortunately not only did they fail, but they also lost their eldest son."

Liu Qi knew this, after all, she was personally involved in the assassination of the eldest son of the Yan family.

"I don't know where this Liu Er came from, and he suddenly took over the Jinma Chamber of Commerce from the Yan family. The strangest thing is that there is no significance in the chamber of commerce. Such a huge family business has been given to an outsider for nothing!" Cao Cheng got back to the point and mentioned Cao Cheng, while secretly glancing at Liu Qi's face.

Seeing that Liu Qi's face was still calm, Cao Cheng breathed a sigh of relief, and then sighed helplessly: "This time, the Golden Horse Chamber of Commerce came with great force. I don't know if Liu Er used a magic potion to make Chief Constable He of the Changfeng Escort Agency agree to cooperate with him, and the two sides will run the canal transportation business together!"

"With the Changfeng Escort Agency's escort, and the unclear situation between Liu Er and Jiangnan, almost all the business in the six southern provinces has been taken away by him. Many brothers in the gang are now desperate!"

After Cao Cheng finished speaking, he carefully looked at Liu Qi's face, and finally asked nervously: "Miss Liu, do you know this Liu Er?"

Liu Qi tilted his head slightly, stared into Cao Cheng's eyes and replied: "He is the second in line, and I am the seventh. Do you think we know each other?"

Cao Cheng hurriedly met Liu Qi's gaze, and suddenly felt a chill in his heart. When he heard Liu Qi's answer, his heart instantly rose to his throat, but he still wanted to make a final struggle: "Miss Liu, I wonder if you can show me a clear way?"

Liu Qi retracted his gaze, stretched out his chopsticks to pick up food, and said casually: "Do you think I am standing behind Liu Er?"

if not?
How could a kid who suddenly emerged be able to suppress the Jinma Chamber of Commerce, and how could he possibly ask the Changfeng Escort Agency to cooperate with him? You must know that the chief escort of the Changfeng Escort Agency is He Wentian, the "Iron-Armed Arhat", one of the Seven Stars!

Cao Cheng saw with his own eyes how Liu Qi killed a top master, and now he heard with his own ears that Liu Qi admitted that she and Liu Er were old acquaintances.

He is now almost certain in his heart that Liu Qi is standing behind Liu Er, and the Jinma Chamber of Commerce is probably a tool used by Liu Qi to make money!
Seeing that Cao Cheng didn't say anything, Liu Qi put down his chopsticks and said softly, "What is President Cao's plan?"

"If Miss Liu is interested in the Cao Gang..." Cao Cheng lowered his head, trying not to let Liu Qi see the dejection on his face, and then replied in a hoarse voice, "Then besides offering it with both hands, is there any other way for Cao Cheng to take?"

(End of this chapter)